Released on: 20, March 2009
, Author: Anjali Gurnan
, Audience: Computers related
With a steady increase in identity theft and payment card information fraud, there is a growing need for PCI compliance to not only protect customers but also to comply with rules and regulations set forth by the payment card information securities standards council. The PCI DSS, a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security, was developed for this purpose by PCI Security Standards Council. Any company that completes transactions that involve processing credit or debit cards, need to comply with the rules and tests required by the PCI DSS. These rules require a security scan at regular intervals which can often be both costly and time consuming, involving an analysis of all firewalls and a check of overall security of consumer credit information. Under PCI-DSS standards it is mandatory for all the companies to perform network security scans at least annually and conform to the rules set by PCI-DSS.
Athena FirePAC is a firewall analysis tool which helps to drastically reduce the time and stress which can be involved in a PCI compliance audit. Athena FirePAC uses several distinct steps to help optimize your firewall policies and simplify the audit process. These steps include a policy analysis, anomaly detection, and a comparison of policies to show you an accurate view of the effect of any change in policies.
Not only is a PCI Compliance audit required, it is also necessary to insure that all your customer information remains safe from hackers. Whether you need to perform a yearly or quarterly audit, a compliance audit is an important tool in understanding how your firewall rules and policies compare to the industry standard. A PCI compliance audit can be quite complicated and confusing. For a complete step by step explanation of how Athena FirePAC can simplify your PCI Compliance and audit processes see the FirePAC PCI compliance report at http://www.athenasecurity.net/resources.html
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